Combination window shade, curtain, and drapery support



o. LODGE 2,237,079

COMBINATION WINDOW SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAPERY SUPPORT April 1, 1941.

Filed April 24, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 r 0 10 n e U m April 1, 1941.

COMBINATION WINDOW SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAPERY SUPPORT O. LODGE FiledApril 24, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor 0504/? LQQQE,

zqiforney Patented Apr. 1, 1941 COMBINATION WINDOW SHADE, CURTAIN, ANDDRAPERY SUPPORT Oscar Lodge, Lisbon, Ohio Application April 24, 1940,Serial No. 331,460

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a combination window shade, curtain anddrapery support, and has for the primary object the provision of anefiicient and inexpensive device of this character which may be readilyadjusted to fit windows of different sizes and includes a centralsupport easily secured to a window frame without the use of specialtools, and further includes means for the easy adapting thereto of aconventional shade roller and portions to receive and support curtainand drapery rods in proper relation to each other and in a position sothat the shade roller or that portion of the shade on the roller will behidden from view by the curtains and draperies on said rods. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed. a

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a fragmentary front elevation showing a portion of a window with acombination window shade, curtain and drapery support applied theretoand constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating the same.

Figure 3 is an end view illustrating the device.

Figure 4 is an enlarged top plan View illustrating the present inventionand a slight modification thereto.

Figure 5 is an enlarged front elevation, partly in section, illustratingthe device.

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 66 of Figure5.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating one of the endmembers of the support and a portion of the intermediate member.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a supportespecially adapted for a shade roller, curtain and drapery rods andincludes a hollow intermediate member 6 and end members I havingtelescopic fit with the intermediate member. A supporting arm 8 has oneend portion bent to form a clamp 9 to embrace the intermediate membersubstantially intermediate the ends thereof. The supporting arm has anarcuate curvature thereto and is secured onto the upper or lower edge ofa window frame [0 by a strap type bracket I I.

Each end member I includes an elongated straight portion l2 to enter theintermediate member 6 and an end portion l3. The end portion I3 is bentto provide a pair of L-shaped parts I4 and I5, reversely extending toeach other and integrally connected. The L-shaped parts l4 and 15 arebent to provide clamps l6 and I8 to removably receive curtain anddrapery fixtures I! on which curtain and drapery rods (not shown) aredetachably secured. The clamps I6 and 18 includes tongues I6 to engagewith the fixtures II to prevent displacement thereof from the clamps.

'The L-shaped portion I4 is apertured or slotted, as at H), to receivethe pintle of a shade roller 20 and bear against the window frames. Itwill be seen that the L-shaped portions I4 and I5 arranged as specifiedposition the clamps one in advance to the other and laterally of eachother which permits arranging the curtain and drapery rods thereon inproper position for the support of curtains and draperies in correctrelation to the window.

Thus it will be seen that curtains and drapery rods may be readilyadapted to the support as well as the shade roller and that the rodswill be so supported that the curtains and draperies thereon willconceal from view the roller and that portion of the shade on theroller. Also it will be noted that the support 5 is attached onto thewindow intermediate its ends. However,

as shown in Figure 4, the end portions I3 of the end members may besecured onto: the window frame by nails or like fasteners 2|, theportions l5 of the end members resting flatly against the window frameto give additional support for the device on said window frame.

It is believed that the simplicity and advantages of this invention willbe apparent to those skilled in the art to which such a device relates,and while I have herein set forth a satisfactory embodiment of theinvention, it is to be understood that such changes therefrom as fairlyfall within the scope of myclaims may be resorted to when desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, intermediate and endportions, said intermediate portion being of hollow formation with theend portions insertible therein with a frictional fit, said end membershaving portions thereof bent upon themselves to form window framecontacting parts and clamp parts, said clamp parts being spacedlaterally of each other and one in advance of the other, said clampparts adapted to have frictional fit with curtain and drapery rodfixtures, one of said end portions having an opening and the other endportion having a notch to receive pintles of a shade roller, and meansfor securing the intermediate portion on a window frame.

2. In a device of the character described, in termediate and endportions, said intermediate portion being of hollow formation with theend portions insertible therein with a frictional fit, said end membershaving portions thereof bent upon themselves to form Window framecontacting parts and clamp parts, said clamp parts being spacedlaterally of each other and one in advance of the other, said clampparts adapted tohave frictional fit with curtain and drapery rodfixtures, one of said end portions having an open ing and the other endportion having a notch to receive pintles of a shade roller, an arcuatecurved attaching arm including an end portion bent to form a clamp toembrace the interme-;

diate portion, and a strap-type bracket receiving the other end of saidarm and secured on the upper edge of a window frame.

3. In a device of the character described, intermediate and endportions, said intermediate portion being of hollow formation with theend portions insertible therein with a frictional fit, said end membershaving portions thereof bent upon themselves to form window framecontacting parts and clamp parts, said clamp parts being spacedlaterally of each other and one in advance of the other, said clampparts adapted to have frictional fit with curtain and drapery rodfixtures, one of said end portions having an opening and the other endportion having a notch to receive pintles of a shade roller, an arcuatecurved attaching arm including an end portion bent to form a clamp toembrace the intermediate portion, and a strap-type bracket receiving theother end of said arm and secured on the upper edge of a window frame,said window frame contacting portions of the end members having openingsto receive fasteners driven into' the frame.

OSCAR LODGE.

